Photographs of consumerism
December 1, 2007
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Chicago, IL 2003, photograph by Brian Ulrich, used entirely without permission (winner of the Photolucida, Critical Mass Top 50, in 2005)
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Granger, IN 2003, photograph by Brian Ulrich, used entirely without permission (winner of the Photolucida, Critical Mass Top 50, in 2005)
Brian Ulrich: I have always been interested in the little details that make up the routines and rituals of modern life, finding magical moments in the mundane. In 2001 citizens were encouraged to take to the malls to boost the U.S. economy through shopping, therefore equating consumerism with patriotism. I then began to photograph in malls, grocery stores, commercial warehouses, and places of “destination shopping.”…
Brian Ulrich’s website, Not if but when
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Intolerable Beauty / Grain silo, Seattle 2004 (44 x 68″) photograph by Brian Chris Jordan, used entirely without permission (winner of the Photolucida, Critical Mass Top 50, in 2005)
But then there’s the macro view of photographer Chris Jordan…
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Intolerable Beauty / Recycling Yard #6, Seattle 2004 (44×59″) photograph by Brian Chris Jordan, used entirely without permission (winner of the Photolucida, Critical Mass Top 50, in 2005)
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Intolerable Beauty / Cigarette butts, 2005 (60×120″) photograph by Brian Chris Jordan, used entirely without permission (winner of the Photolucida, Critical Mass Top 50, in 2005)
Chris Jordan
INTOLERABLE BEAUTY
PORTRAITS OF AMERICAN MASS CONSUMPTION
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